Dear Parents,
I hope you have had a wonderful long weekend. We will get right back into the swing of things on Tuesday, with no days off again until October 30th.
In language arts, we continue our overview of the alphabet and our readings of familiar tales and fables. In the past few weeks, we've covered The Gingerbread Man, The Three Pigs, The Three Bears, Chicken Little, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and Jack and the Beanstalk, among others. The children have had fun listening to retellings of these favorite stories, and a few students have brought versions of these stories in other languages, which have been really fun to see! This week, we will hear a few of Aesop's Fables.
In math, we will continue with the topic: Numbers 1-5. We will be looking at the value of these numbers, as well as how to write them correctly. Math is one of the subjects we cover in centers, so though the paperwork is the same, the hand-on activities may be different, depending on the ability of the group.
In science, we enjoyed many activities with last week's unit on the Five Senses. The children tasted sour, sweet, salty, and bitter foods and they felt items in a "mystery bag." They also smelled some mystery smells in canisters and tried to guess what they were. We had a great time!
Our art this week is centered around apples. We have a few fun apple art projects, and we'll be using paint! Please don't send your children in any clothes that you are overly concerned about keeping neat this week. :)
Next week, the week of 9/14. we will begin homework, centers, and sharing, SPARK P.E., and Computers. It's a big week! Homework will go home on 9/16. It will come home in a blue bag, and we will be reinforcing correct name-writing, which the children have been working on in class. Finally, centers will begin next week on Monday the 14th. Hopefully, you have all had a chance to check the helper schedule (link to the right) and let me know of any conflicts. If you ever have an unexpected conflict (sick kids, sick adult, etc.), please email the class, as we have many parents who just wanted to help a few times, and subbing at centers is a perfect opportunity for that.
Looking forward to another fun week in kindergarten!
